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AUSTRALIAN AUTHOR A fresh approach to polymer clay jewellery for the modern reader, featuring 10 techniques and 20 projects that show the true creative possibilities of this popular medium. Discover a world of creative and colourful jewellery making from your kitchen table. In this comprehensive guide to modern polymer clay techniques, artist and designer Heidi Helyard reveals the simple techniques that can be used to create one-off, contemporary jewellery pieces with the minimum of tools and equipment. The beauty of polymer clay is that it presents so many opportunities to explore colour combinations, patterns and texture. In this book you will learn 10 easy yet exciting techniques including slab and cane making, marbling and colour mixing, inlay techniques, printing onto clay, surface embellishments and more to create 20 unique jewellery pieces. Just make, bake and wear! AUTHOR: Heidi Helyard is a leader in the popular contemporary polymer clay jewellery movement. She's a lifelong artist, a graphic designer, and innovator, based in New South Wales, Australia. She has over 24,000 followers on Instagram and a wealth of followers to her Studio Scraps newsletter, which explores the making process of her popular wearable art pieces. This is her first book.

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Author:   Heidi Helyard (Author)
Publisher:   David & Charles
Imprint:   David & Charles
Volume:   1
Dimensions:   Width: 21.60cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.468kg
ISBN:  

9781446308417

ISBN 10:   1446308413
Pages:   144
Publication Date:   07 May 2021
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION         4 THE BASICS    6 Clay Basics     8 Jewellery Basics         18 Design Basics 22 TECHNIQUES AND PROJECTS 26 Using Cutters 28 Colour Block Earrings 30 Slab Making   34 Monochrome Jewellery Set   38 Pattern Clash Mini Collection 42 Stitched Trinket Dish 48 Torn Clay Trinket Dishes        52 Cane Making  56 Star Cane Cluster Collection  60 3D Cane Slab Earrings 64 Translucent Opals Jewellery Set        68 Surface Embellishments        72 Textured Metals Multi-Component Earrings 74 Stamped Chalk Pastel Earrings          78 Stitched Rainbow Wall Hanging        82 Metallic Outlines Pendant     86 Mica Shift       90 3D Droplet Pendant   92 Mokume Gane           96 Twisted Tube Bead Pendant  100 Clay Paint       106 Mermaid Scales Jewellery Set 108 Clay Inlay        112 Black Inlay Earrings and Pendant      114 Silkscreen Printing     118 Multi-Print Pendant   120 Utilising Scrap Clay    124 Drilling Shavings Earrings      126 Marble and Granite Arch Earrings     130 Cane Scraps Two Ways          134 TEMPLATES    138 SUPPLIERS      140 ABOUT THE AUTHOR 141 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS         142 INDEX 143

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Heidi Helyard is a leader in the popular contemporary polymer clay jewellery movement. She's a lifelong artist, a graphic designer, and innovator, based near Sydney, NSW Australia. She has a large audience of faithful followers on Instagram, and a wealth of subscribers to her Studio Scraps newsletter, which explores the making process of her popular wearable art pieces. This is her first book.

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